Time Value of Money

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Time Value of Money Let’s discuss the time value of money. Why it is important to understand the concept of it in both corporate and personal finances? What compounding and discounting are? Let’s take a closer look at this questions posed. When thinking of the phrase time value of money what do you think it means? Well, don’t think too hard, it’s generally the value of the current dollar. Some researchers would predict that you’re future dollar is going to be less than your current dollar. However others on a practical level would say “one reason for this is that you could earn interest while you wait; so a dollar today would grow to more than a dollar later Ross, (pg.123)”. Furthermore, when looking at time value of money there are different factors that assesses the dollar value today in comparison to the future value of a dollar. In our personal life and business finances the time value of money is important and can play a major role in the different paths we may choose. An example of personal life time valve of money situation would be how I invested my employer tuition reimbursement to cut my cost on my student loans. It was quite simple, once completing my classes I submit the proper documentation for the reimbursement and waited for them to process it. Once receiving the funds I invested them into a cd that will mature around the time I graduate. So as a result of this I will have more funds to apply to student loans in the future than what I have in the present time. Time value of money in a businesses, is important as well, because it all ties back to the importance of financial planning. If a business has a financial plan and is implementing it then they are setting themselves up for a potential gain in the future. Factors of time value of money consists of compounding and discounting. Compounding can be defined as where investor’s invest funds

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